Brothers By Blood
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: January 22, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatAlex SavelievFeb 8, 2021
It may not break new ground when it comes to this genre, one involving betrayal and heavily-accented mob bosses and brotherly love, but when a familiar path is tread with such confidence, you just may want to take another stroll. Read full review
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VarietyPeter DebrugeJan 21, 2021
It’s only Guez’s second film, although he’s written others (including the similarly genre-subverting zombie movie “The Night Eats the World”), and there’s enough promise here — especially on the performance front — to look forward to future projects. Read full review
50
Original-CinKim HughesApr 21, 2021
Visually drab, tonally flat, and with precious few sympathetic or relatable characters, Brothers by Blood reduces the high-minded concept of filial loyalty across multiple generations to a paint-by-numbers power play. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJan 22, 2021
It's hard to say that any other edit would be better, because Brothers by Blood is one single, grey mass to the bone, an unfortunate use of a sterling cast and a book that deserves a more textured retelling. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJan 21, 2021
The picture rarely makes that business much to look at, providing some kind of energy to offset the actor's appropriate reserve. It feels rather plodding as a result, failing to turn the boxer's conflicting loyalties into the stuff of crime-flick high drama. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comNick AllenJan 22, 2021
A superficial force eats at this movie from the inside, including the way that it’s a brawny script with nil visual grit, and a style that mostly announces itself with sporadic neo-noir lighting. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 19, 2021
There’s no suspense, no flow to the story, little pathos in the flashbacks and a lot of dead spots where the story stops cold. I like everybody on the screen here, just not in this movie — not in this cut of it anyway. Read full review
30
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiJan 21, 2021
Brothers by Blood is an incomprehensible, frustrating mess that barely touches on its narrative themes and completely wastes the talents of its actors. Read full review
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